"Undercurrents" in Hold You Tight

“Undercurrents” in Hold You Tight: from Faye Wong to Anthony Wong

I fear tragedy will recur I am fated in my fate To be out of touch with what’s beautiful History repeats itself In this bustling city It is not possible To love without undercurrents What use is there for me to go on cherishing you? If I hold you tight this time Will it not be another empty embrace? Still quietly waiting For you to say I’m too sensitive I have a sense of foreboding about everything And then I cannot open my eyes to see fate ...Read more

Welcome to Tijuana!

Thinking about death

I've been thinking about death lately, my death to be more precise.  It isn't anything morbid, I'm not sick nor have I had a premonition that my demise is at hand.  No, it is more looking at what I'll miss when I'm gone.  Ever since I turned 50 just over a year ago I have been very aware of my mortality.  Time on this earth really is finite.  We have so many days or, as my colleague at work says--so many chews--then we're done.  There are no do-overs, no instant replays or rewinds.  When it is over, it is over.  E...Read more

Manu Chao--Me gustas tu/Mano Negra--La Mala Vida

The Muslim art of China

I ran across this fascinating article in the latest issue of Saudi Aramco World about Chinese-speaking Han Chinese Muslims and the distinctive art, especially calligraphy and decorated porcelain and metal vessels, they have created.

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Some things are just too deliciously silly

Who cares if the film is any good, these publicity stills had me in stitches.

The movie is Brüno.  I might have to go see this one.

Filmmakers vs. Film Studies

Film studies is an exceptionally strange field of academic study.  It is populated by academics with years of higher education in some of the most arcane aspects of the humanities.  Many of those who write about film are well-versed in thinkers that the general public is totally unfamiliar with—Lacan and Foucault—or have read little of--such as Freud.  What I find most ironic about film studies is that the academics study one of the most proletarian segments of modern entertainment—movies.  In an effort to keep everyone’s feet fir...Read more

Loot!

I just returned Monday from a quick (5-day) trip to Washington, DC.  It is about 280 miles from my home to the hotel, enough time for us to hear the new Anthony Wong Yiu Ming 4 CD compilation in its entirety.  This is a good compilation if you don't already have most of Ming Gor's albums.  No new songs and only a few re-mixes I hadn't heard before, but Anthony Wong always does great music and it certainly made the long (5 1/2 hour) drive seem shorter.

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Some more pictures of my cat Henry

Henry was especially cooperative yesterday afternoon, so I was able to snap a few more nice pictures.

Hey, what you looking at?

I will permit you to worship the cat.

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You know your sex life is in trouble

...when your sig other would rather sort PAID bills than have sex.